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When
a
new
hand
,
one
unaccustomed
to
the
business
,
is
sent
for
the
first
time
into
the
field
,
he
is
whipped
up
smartly
,
and
made
for
that
day
to
pick
as
fast
as
he
can
possibly
.
At
night
it
is
weighed
,
so
that
his
capability
in
cotton
picking
is
known
.
He
must
bring
in
the
same
weight
each
night
following
.
If
it
falls
short
,
it
is
considered
evidence
that
he
has
been
laggard
,
and
a
greater
or
less
number
of
lashes
is
the
penalty
.
An
ordinary
day
's
work
is
two
hundred
pounds
.
A
slave
who
is
accustomed
to
picking
,
is
punished
,
if
he
or
she
brings
in
a
less
quantity
than
that
.
There
is
a
great
difference
among
them
as
regards
this
kind
of
labor
.
Some
of
them
seem
to
have
a
natural
knack
,
or
quickness
,
which
enables
them
to
pick
with
great
celerity
,
and
with
both
hands
,
while
others
,
with
whatever
practice
or
industry
,
are
utterly
unable
to
come
up
to
the
ordinary
standard
.
Such
hands
are
taken
from
the
cotton
field
and
employed
in
other
business
.
Patsey
,
of
whom
I
shall
have
more
to
say
,
was
known
as
the
most
remarkable
cotton
picker
on
Bayou
Bœuf
.
She
picked
with
both
hands
and
with
such
surprising
rapidity
,
that
five
hundred
pounds
a
day
was
not
unusual
for
her
.
Each
one
is
tasked
,
therefore
,
according
to
his
picking
abilities
,
none
,
however
,
to
come
short
of
two
hundred
weight
.
I
,
being
unskillful
always
in
that
business
,
would
have
satisfied
my
master
by
bringing
in
the
latter
quantity
,
while
on
the
other
hand
,
Patsey
would
surely
have
been
beaten
if
she
failed
to
produce
twice
as
much
.
The
cotton
grows
from
five
to
seven
feet
high
,
each
stalk
having
a
great
many
branches
,
shooting
out
in
all
directions
,
and
lapping
each
other
above
the
water
furrow
.
There
are
few
sights
more
pleasant
to
the
eye
,
than
a
wide
cotton
field
when
it
is
in
the
bloom
.
It
presents
an
appearance
of
purity
,
like
an
immaculate
expanse
of
light
,
new-fallen
snow
.
Sometimes
the
slave
picks
down
one
side
of
a
row
,
and
back
upon
the
other
,
but
more
usually
,
there
is
one
on
either
side
,
gathering
all
that
has
blossomed
,
leaving
the
unopened
bolls
for
a
succeeding
picking
.
When
the
sack
is
filled
,
it
is
emptied
into
the
basket
and
trodden
down
.
It
is
necessary
to
be
extremely
careful
the
first
time
going
through
the
field
,
in
order
not
to
break
the
branches
off
the
stalks
.
The
cotton
will
not
bloom
upon
a
broken
branch
.
Epps
never
failed
to
inflict
the
severest
chastisement
on
the
unlucky
servant
who
,
either
carelessly
or
unavoidably
,
was
guilty
in
the
least
degree
in
this
respect
.
The
hands
are
required
to
be
in
the
cotton
field
as
soon
as
it
is
light
in
the
morning
,
and
,
with
the
exception
of
ten
or
fifteen
minutes
,
which
is
given
them
at
noon
to
swallow
their
allowance
of
cold
bacon
,
they
are
not
permitted
to
be
a
moment
idle
until
it
is
too
dark
to
see
,
and
when
the
moon
is
full
,
they
often
times
labor
till
the
middle
of
the
night
.
They
do
not
dare
to
stop
even
at
dinner
time
,
nor
return
to
the
quarters
,
however
late
it
be
,
until
the
order
to
halt
is
given
by
the
driver
.
The
day
's
work
over
in
the
field
,
the
baskets
are
"
toted
,
"
or
in
other
words
,
carried
to
the
gin-house
,
where
the
cotton
is
weighed
.
No
matter
how
fatigued
and
weary
he
may
be
--
no
matter
how
much
he
longs
for
sleep
and
rest
--
a
slave
never
approaches
the
gin-house
with
his
basket
of
cotton
but
with
fear
.
If
it
falls
short
in
weight
--
if
he
has
not
performed
the
full
task
appointed
him
,
he
knows
that
he
must
suffer
.
And
if
he
has
exceeded
it
by
ten
or
twenty
pounds
,
in
all
probability
his
master
will
measure
the
next
day
's
task
accordingly
.
So
,
whether
he
has
too
little
or
too
much
,
his
approach
to
the
gin-house
is
always
with
,
fear
and
trembling
.
Most
frequently
they
have
too
little
,
and
therefore
it
is
they
are
not
anxious
to
leave
the
field
.
After
weighing
,
follow
the
whippings
;
and
then
the
baskets
are
carried
to
the
cotton
house
,
and
their
contents
stored
away
like
hay
,
all
hands
being
sent
in
to
tramp
it
down
.
If
the
cotton
is
not
dry
,
instead
of
taking
it
to
the
gin-house
at
once
,
it
is
laid
upon
platforms
,
two
feet
high
,
and
some
three
times
as
wide
,
covered
with
boards
or
plank
,
with
narrow
walks
running
between
them
.
